''Bacillus pseudofirmus'' is a

facultative anaerobe A facultative anaerobic organism is an organism that makes ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present, but is capable of switching to fermentation if oxygen is absent. Some examples of facultatively anaerobic bacteria are '' Staphylococc ...

bacterium. It is a

gram positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. Gram-positive bact ...

, alkaliphilic and alkalitolerant, aerobic endospore-forming bacteria. In 2019, it was found in a hyperalkaline spring in

Zambales Zambales, officially the Province of Zambales ( fil, Lalawigan ng Zambales; ilo, Probinsia ti Zambales; Pangasinan: ''Luyag/Probinsia na Zambales''; xsb, Probinsya nin Zambales), is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon re ...

(Philippines) a bacterial consortium of a strain of ''Bacillus pseudofirmus'' with '' Bacillus agaradhaerens'' that can biodegrade

LDPE Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) is a thermoplastic made from the monomer ethylene. It was the first grade of polyethylene, produced in 1933 by Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) using a high pressure process via free radical polymerization. Its ...

plastic. This species has been recently transferred into the genus ''

Alkalihalobacillus ''Alkalihalobacillus'' is a genus of gram-positive or gram-variable rod-shaped bacteria in the family ''Bacillaceae'' from the order ''Bacillales''. The type species of this genus is '' Alkalihalobacillus alcalophilus.'' This genus comprises ...

''. The correct nomenclature is ''Alkalihalobacillus pseudofirmus.''

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UniProt entryType strain of ''Bacillus pseudofirmus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
pseudofirmus Organisms breaking down plastic {{bacilli-stub

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